Methodology for setup and data processing of mobile air quality measurements to assess the spatial variability of concentrations in urban environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 183, Issue , 2013, Pages 224-233

  Van Poppel, Martine ^a   Peters, Jan ^a   Bleux, Nico ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air quality monitoring; Background correction; Black carbon; Fixed monitoring; Mobile measurements; PM2.5; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BACKGROUND CORRECTION; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FIXED MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE MEASUREMENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM(2.5); STATISTICS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; BACKGROUND CORRECTION; BLACK CARBON; FIXED MONITORING; MOBILE MEASUREMENTS; PM(2.5); ULTRAFINE PARTICLES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84891701236     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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